Applications in School Mathematics (1979 NCTM Yearbook)
Applications in School Mathematics was published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1979 as their 41st Yearbook. In the preface, yearbook editor Sidney Sharron described the challenge of the "almost boundlessness" of the topic, and the uneasiness this might present for mathematics teachers, who have likely trained to teach in the abstract but may not feel comfortable teaching applications of mathematics in areas outside their own experience. The editors collected 57 drafts, each of which was reviewed five times, and some manuscripts had to be excluded due to space constraints. Sharron was assisted by an advisory committee of Jim Hardesty, Gwen Maxie, Robert Hamada, and Donald ("Sandy") Kerr. The general yearbook editor in 1979 was Robert Reys.
Contents
Preface
- Mathematical Models to Provide Applications in the Classroom by Donald R. Kerr, Jr. (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana) and Daniel Maki (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana)
- Applications: Why, Which, and How by Richard Lesh (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois)
- Applications in Elementary Algebra and Geometry by Zalman Usiskin (The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
- Applications Through Direct Quote Word Problems by Aron Pinker (Frostburg State College, Frostburg, Maryland)
- Applications in School Mathematics: Human Variability by David L. Pagni (California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California)
- Mauka-Makai and Other Directions by Nancy C. Whitman (University Laboratory School, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii)
- This Is Your Life: An Applied Mathematics Curriculum for Young Adults by Elaine R. Lindsay (Pacoima Junior High School, Pacoima, California)
- Symmetry Along With Other Mathematical Concepts and Applications in African Life by Claudia Zaslavsky (New York, New York)
- Some Everyday Applications of the Theory of Interest by Lester H. Lange (San José State University, San Jose, California)
- The Mathematics of Finance Revisited Through the Hand Calculator by Bert K. Waits (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio)
- Vibes—the Long and the Short of It by Sandra Skeen Savage (Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California)
- Wildlife, Unemployment, and Insects: Mathematical Modeling in Elementary Algebra by David C. Johnson (Chelsea College, University of London, London, England)
- Applying Mathematics to Environmental Problems by Diane Thiessen (University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa) and Margaret Wild (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois)
- Making Time for the Basics: Some Thoughts on Viable Alternatives Within a Balanced Mathematics Program by Thomas R. Post (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- Developing Classroom Applications Based on Socioeconomic Problems by Joseph Fishman (The College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York)
- Capture-Recapture Techniques as an Introduction to Statistical Inference by James H. Swift (Nanaimo District Senior Secondary School, Nanaimo, British Columbia)
- Applications for the Classroom—Any Grade by Peter Weygang (Thomas Aquinas Junior High School, Kenora, Ontario)
- Applications of Curves of Constant Width by Douglas A. Grouws (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri)
- Mathematical Modeling and Cool Buttermilk in the Summer by Mary Kay Corbitt (The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia) and C. H. Edwards, Jr. (The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia)
- Applications in Mathematics: An Annotated Bibliography by Bernice Kastner (Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland), Louise S. Grinstein (Kingborough Community College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York) and Sidney L. Rachlin (The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta)
External Links
- Applications in School Mathematics, available for borrowing from the Internet Archive
Cite
APA 7
Sharron, S., & Reys, R. E. (Eds.). (1979). Applications in school mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.